(from 3-18-09)I woke up literally at 7:10am with a call time of 7:30 am! Luckily I didn't have the "beast" of all hangovers from St. Patricks day celebrations the night before. I actually surprised because I had my fill of "Green beer". Perhaps it was all the Cornish beef and cabbage that I consumed which must have soaked up most of the alcohol. 
I scraped myself out of bed, crawled to the bathroom, splashed some water on my face, put some deodorant on and mad my way out the door to the holding area which was in Sunnyside Queens. If the sign-in was where the set was, I would have been right on time.
It's amazing how fast you can get yourself moving, especially when it involves a paycheck. Also being the fact that I was SO angry and voiced my grievance publicly, getting there late would NOT be cool. So I strolled into the holding area, and nonchalantly checked and signed in.
Like I said I felt a little "dizzy" and looked like I just crawled out of a grave with my unkempt hair and dark circles under my eyes. Please, if anyone has pictures of that horror, please delete!
So I am thinking to myself "after I sign in, all I have to do is get on that bus, and crash!" Justifying my night of debauchery.."This is owed to me, I have paid my dues, Dammit!" Thinking that I was going to have a nice deep siesta, of course didn't happen.
What ruined it for me was "Stupid/pretty People" on the bus. One in particular, you know the type.."Gossip Girl", just got out of her 
Mother's womb, yet she already has nine waivers, and claims she was featured on an Ashton Kuthcer film. She is skinny, great skin, dresses sexy in a cute way and ALL the guys fear her.
I am really trying to ignore this "fresh young nubile" though there is nothing else going on and you are tuning in because you are amazed and wondering how "Stupid/pretty people" even exist?? The answer is all they do is smile, wink and the world is their oyster.
Thankfully Lunch was soon on the agenda, because I was really no into the "Dumbing down of America" anymore, and which she clearly represented. Lord help us!!
The next generation is in DEEP trouble! With the help of a really great spread of food, my focus and anger quickly was geared on my Tupperware and packing food to take home for my roommate and me.
So I managed to get some good food packed up and many people follow suit. You figure you may as well. At the end of the day, this food is thrown out. In a way we are doing them a favor. We were called to get back on the bus, and back to the set location.
I really thought I would be able to go back home and drop off the food again and put it in my fridge, but to my shock, we were actually ALL called to come and be part of the scene. I have to say, I was really excited to be a part of the scene that was coming up.
The scene involved many stunt background for this huge fighting scene on the side of the boxing ring. This was So big that we actually got a speech from the stunts coordinator guy to tell us to "be careful" as there would be a lot of activity going on. He goes on telling us "these are 'stunt professionals' so don't be in the way of their work as you won't be getting an upgrade for hurting yourself!"
Very well put. The scene itself was really exciting to watch. This was on the side of where the boxing match was going on. This scene the two rival groups ready to rumble. One group was representing the "Butch Lesbians, and the other side were the gangsta guys.
I scraped myself out of bed, crawled to the bathroom, splashed some water on my face, put some deodorant on and mad my way out the door to the holding area which was in Sunnyside Queens. If the sign-in was where the set was, I would have been right on time.
It's amazing how fast you can get yourself moving, especially when it involves a paycheck. Also being the fact that I was SO angry and voiced my grievance publicly, getting there late would NOT be cool. So I strolled into the holding area, and nonchalantly checked and signed in.
Like I said I felt a little "dizzy" and looked like I just crawled out of a grave with my unkempt hair and dark circles under my eyes. Please, if anyone has pictures of that horror, please delete! So I am thinking to myself "after I sign in, all I have to do is get on that bus, and crash!" Justifying my night of debauchery.."This is owed to me, I have paid my dues, Dammit!" Thinking that I was going to have a nice deep siesta, of course didn't happen.
What ruined it for me was "Stupid/pretty People" on the bus. One in particular, you know the type.."Gossip Girl", just got out of her 
Mother's womb, yet she already has nine waivers, and claims she was featured on an Ashton Kuthcer film. She is skinny, great skin, dresses sexy in a cute way and ALL the guys fear her. I am really trying to ignore this "fresh young nubile" though there is nothing else going on and you are tuning in because you are amazed and wondering how "Stupid/pretty people" even exist?? The answer is all they do is smile, wink and the world is their oyster.
Thankfully Lunch was soon on the agenda, because I was really no into the "Dumbing down of America" anymore, and which she clearly represented. Lord help us!!
The next generation is in DEEP trouble! With the help of a really great spread of food, my focus and anger quickly was geared on my Tupperware and packing food to take home for my roommate and me.So I managed to get some good food packed up and many people follow suit. You figure you may as well. At the end of the day, this food is thrown out. In a way we are doing them a favor. We were called to get back on the bus, and back to the set location.
I really thought I would be able to go back home and drop off the food again and put it in my fridge, but to my shock, we were actually ALL called to come and be part of the scene. I have to say, I was really excited to be a part of the scene that was coming up.
The scene involved many stunt background for this huge fighting scene on the side of the boxing ring. This was So big that we actually got a speech from the stunts coordinator guy to tell us to "be careful" as there would be a lot of activity going on. He goes on telling us "these are 'stunt professionals' so don't be in the way of their work as you won't be getting an upgrade for hurting yourself!"
Very well put. The scene itself was really exciting to watch. This was on the side of where the boxing match was going on. This scene the two rival groups ready to rumble. One group was representing the "Butch Lesbians, and the other side were the gangsta guys.
I had my own group called the Canadian/Asian Persuasion: 
In the scene,gun fires sound, and a high scale fight ensues. Punching, kicking, slamming bodies into the cab cars. Thumping, crashing, and over all chaos. It was cool. The choreography
kind of reminded me of "West Side Story" where the "Sharks" and the "Jets" set the stage for that historic fight scene.
Our role in this was to be the on-lookers as we very carefully wedged ourselves in between the cab cars not to get to close to the stunt people. It was So real though, and very exciting. After a few takes, we went "Back to one" on the boxing ring side where the Lesbian boxer is using the male boxer as a punching bag!
They go around the entire ring exchanging blows to one another as were are surrounding them as background shadows. As they are going around the ring, they get to the corner of the ring and both of them stop their jabs and look to their side where this "rumble" is taken place.
This is how it all ties in together. You don't know how they got into the boxing ring together, but you get the impression that the female boxer was the leader of her "Butch" group and the male boxer was leader of the other group. You assume they are in the ring to end the battle between the two groups, and this was the purpose of the boxing match. They end thier fighting as the bigger rumble starts as a result.
The rest I guess you will have to tune into the FX channel to watch "Rescue Me". Well worth it!
Back to one.
A.
kind of reminded me of "West Side Story" where the "Sharks" and the "Jets" set the stage for that historic fight scene.Our role in this was to be the on-lookers as we very carefully wedged ourselves in between the cab cars not to get to close to the stunt people. It was So real though, and very exciting. After a few takes, we went "Back to one" on the boxing ring side where the Lesbian boxer is using the male boxer as a punching bag!
They go around the entire ring exchanging blows to one another as were are surrounding them as background shadows. As they are going around the ring, they get to the corner of the ring and both of them stop their jabs and look to their side where this "rumble" is taken place.
This is how it all ties in together. You don't know how they got into the boxing ring together, but you get the impression that the female boxer was the leader of her "Butch" group and the male boxer was leader of the other group. You assume they are in the ring to end the battle between the two groups, and this was the purpose of the boxing match. They end thier fighting as the bigger rumble starts as a result.
The rest I guess you will have to tune into the FX channel to watch "Rescue Me". Well worth it!
Back to one.
A.
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